Confession time. What really keeps me up at night. Apathy of the human condition. Abuse of females. Yemen. The Rohingya. Syria. Syrians. Mugabe’s successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Torture. Abject cruelty. You?
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There was a time I used art to deepen my understanding of the human condition, so Francis Bacon revealed a depth of suffering that I couldn't comprehend, or a Dylan ballad helped me get inside what it meant to live as so many of my fellow citizens do: in an existential drift.
People ask what are my intentions with my films — my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it.
If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
I hate most people. And I don’t want to, it’s an awful way to be. But the human race gives me no comfort. I find myself turning to books and films for comfort still. It’s repulsive, because one’s life consists of people, not things.
Wanting just leads to more wanting. There’s no end to desire.
I’m attracted to the extreme light and the extreme dark. I’m interested in the human condition and what makes people tick. I’m interested in the things people try to hide.
I’m attracted to the extreme light and the extreme dark. I’m interested in the human condition and what makes people tick. I’m interested in the things people try to hide.
If you wanted fair, you chose the wrong job, the wrong profession, the wrong species.
— Sean Whitesell, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com
Some people are just born human, the rest of us, we take a lifetime to get there.
I know, you're sad, so I won't tell you to have a good day. Instead, I advise you to simply have a day. Stay alive, feed yourself well, wear comfortable clothes, and don't give up on yourself just yet. It'll get better. Until then have a day.
dear samantha i’m sorry we have to get a divorce i know that seems like an odd way to start a love letter but let me explain: it’s not you it sure as hell isn’t me it’s just human beings don’t love as well as insects do I love you far too much to let what we have be ruined by the failings of our spe…
Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.
Someday, we’ll run into each other again, I know it. Maybe I’ll be older and smarter and just plain better. If that happens, that’s when I’ll deserve you. But now, at this moment, you can’t hook your boat to mine, because I’m liable to sink us both.
Sometimes God doesn’t change your situation because He’s trying to change your heart.
There it goes again. That heavy feeling in your chest when you don’t feel any desire to speak or move. All you want to do is close your eyes and sleep, because the process of being broken is incredibly exhausting. You attempt your best to make your days fulfilling, but no matter how hard you try, yo…
Sometimes beautiful things come into our lives out of nowhere. We can’t always understand them, but we have to trust in them. I know you want to question everything, but sometimes it pays to just have a little faith.
The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it – basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.
You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, would’ve happened… or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the fuck on.
Don’t think about what can happen in a month. Don’t think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can to get closer to where you want to be!